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This article, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, provides the authors' perspective on lessons learned from the 2009 influenza A/H1N1 pandemic that can be applied to better protect pregnant women against the virus, which continued to …

This article, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, reports on a retrospective observational study which found that, following implementation of rotavirus vaccination in 2006, all-cause acute gastroenteritis hospitalization …

This article, published in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, reports on the revision that the US Food and Drug Administration has approved for the prescribing information and patient labeling for rotavirus vaccines manufactured by …

Though generally very rare or minor, there are side effects, or “adverse effects,” associated with some vaccines. This report provides an analysis of more than 1,000 research articles that were reviewed to assess the risk of specific adverse …

The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices consists of 15 experts in fields associated with immunization who provide advice and guidance to the US government on the control of vaccine-preventable diseases. This website provides their …

This meeting report includes the recommendations of the US Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) regarding the issue of intussusception and rotavirus vaccines. ACIP reviewed recent data on the issue and discussed trends in …

This website provides information on a range of child health issues, including vaccines and immunization. The AAP is dedicated to improving the social, mental, and physical health and well-being of children.

This article, published in Vaccine, reports on a study to assess antibody levels when dose 2 and/or dose 3 of the 3-dose quadrivalent human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine were administered on schedule or delayed. The authors found that antibody …

This article, published in PLoS Biology, discusses Sharon Kaufman's investigation into the forces fueling the growing divide between scientists and citizens, with the vaccine–autism link as her example. Kaufman aimed to …

This article, published in The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, provides disease burden estimates of pneumonia incidence in the developed world in children under five years of age. Available estimates suggest that each year there are up to 2.6 …

This study, published in BMC Public Health, assesses the health outcomes and the economic impact of a universal rotavirus vaccination program with RotaTeq, a pentavalent rotavirus vaccine, against a no vaccination program in Spain. The study …

This comprehensive and regularly updated manual deals with a wide range of scientific and clinical issues relating to child, adult, and traveler immunization. Information is provided on vaccine safety, immunization recommendations, and specific …

This article, published in Clinical Infectious Diseases, describes the epidemiologic landscape of meningococcal disease in the United States from 1998 to 2007, including an analysis of the disease before and during the implementation of adolescent …

The epidemiology of Invasive Meningococcal Disease (IMD) is distinct in the United States and Canada compared with other countries. This review, published in Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, describes the incidence, mortality, and …

This fact sheet explains how the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention develops their recommended childhood immunization schedule and provides answers to several frequently asked questions about the schedule. This document is intended for …

This report provides a comprehensive examination of the United States' childhood immunization schedule. The committee convened to prepare this report was tasked with identifying research approaches, methodologies, and study designs that could …

After a multicenter study in several European countries, investigators determined that acute gastroenteritis caused by rotavirus resulted in more hospitalizations and emergency department visits than acute gastroenteritis from another cause. This …

These articles, published in the American Journal of Epidemiology in 1969, describe results from clinical studies evaluating formalin inactivated respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine candidates in pediatric populations. All studies found the …

This article, published in Vaccine, describes the results of a randomized, comparator controlled, double-blind Phase 1 trial in 60 Swedish adults testing a prototype of a new oral vaccine candidate against enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) …

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